Originally Posted by
Herbitual
Drives me farking nuts, Macky.
I'm in the middle of a sitch (as you know) in which the ex wife, who used to smoke with me ALL of the time, has gone Daily Mail with age regarding weed.
However, that does not, apparently, stop my kids face-timing me over the weekend after they'd had 8 shots each...in her house.
Both of my 16 year old kids do not smoke weed as it has been normalised and they know that I will know if they've smoked it. However, the peer pressure on them to do so at their respective colleges is immense. I've never said that they should never smoke it, just that they should allow their mental capacity to develop first.
To legitimise alcohol purely as it is legal is one of the most annoying aspects for me. (Her Father's wife died from alcohol related disease aged 44...I am curently the executor of a bloke in my local pub who has 6 months to live due to alcohol)
Getting shit-faced in front of the kids on vodka is ok as it's legal but will kill you...but quietly smoking a spliff (which won't) and dozing gently off? Call Interplod.
And yes, Christopher Hitchens, unlike his wanker of a brother, is also a hero of mine...and that lad COULD drink.
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